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innovation. This paper sets out to question this tendency to equate projects and innovation which, in our view, can lead to the … improper use of projects to manage innovation. We argue that, in line with the work on project classification, a distinction …
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Technology transfer and innovation are considered major drivers of sustainable development; they place knowledge and … universities, and how they can interact with key actors and institutions involved in 'innovation ecosystems'. Considering various … approaches of innovation and institutional analysis design (IAD), it proposes an institutional model of innovation where …
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A number of studies have found that the performance of NPD projects greatly depends on the support they get from top … political approach to NPD, in which top management support is considered to be a function of a project leader's ability to … of a sample of 73 French project leaders involved in NPD projects provided support for our hypotheses. Hence, we …
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Purpose - The purpose of this study is to examine how firms deal with a situation of true uncertainty about their potential markets and technologies. Specifically, we ask how firms can create products when the corresponding market does not exist. Design/methodology/approach – This paper is...
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Long-term success of firms depends on the efficiency of their management of R&D projects. However, there is a gap between standard economic and strategic indicators and the high uncertainty, complexity of commitments, and organizational issues that can be observed in the more innovative R&D...
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guideline and also illustrates how to apply virtual interaction tools and integrate engineers into the innovation process …. Management of virtual R&D teams in new product development (NPD) processes in an innovative, effective and efficient is of a high …
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and relevance of virtual teams, the relationship between virtual R&D team for SMEs and new product development (NPD) has …
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Today, numerous works conclude that transport seems to be completely coupled to economic and export/import growth. Therefore, as a direct consequence of economic development transport sits today as one of the major final energy consumers and one of the most important sources of carbon dioxide...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008855259
Today, numerous works conclude that transport seems to be completely coupled to economic growth. Therefore, as a direct consequence of economic development, transport sits today as one of the major final energy consumers and one of the most important sources of carbon dioxide emissions....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008866184
The households who live in the rural areas of Northern Ghana base their subsistence on natural resources, which are threatened by the progressive desertification and increased frequency of extreme weather events in the region. We draw on a field work and on extensive secondary data sources to...
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